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Poirot was incensed. The nerve of this English gentry, to summon him like a mere hireling! Still, Sir Gervase's telegram piqued his curiosity, and the world-famous detective traveled first-class to Hamborough Close, only to arrive too late. With a single shot in a closed room, the egotistical aristocrat had shattered both his skull and his mi... more »rror. Only one thing about this "suicide" troubled Poirot. Why would Gervase bother taking own life, when he had a house filled with servants, family and friends eager to do it for him?« less